<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article deals with the design of an electrical model of variable segments of a non-symmetrical tree of small arteries This model can be used to simulate the blood pressure and flow. Peripheral arterial resistance changes are modelled by an exponentially dependent resistor. By modulating the capacitor value, we can model the arterial wall properties which depend on the arterial pressure. Simulations are performed in which vasoconstriction and vasodilation were modelled by varying the transmural pressure. As a result, we can observe the changes in the blood pressure for each arterial generation.</p></abstract>

The article deals with the design of an electrical model of variable segments of a non-symmetrical tree of small arteries This model can be used to simulate the blood pressure and flow. Peripheral arterial resistance changes are modelled by an exponentially dependent resistor. By modulating the capacitor value, we can model the arterial wall properties which depend on the arterial pressure. Simulations are performed in which vasoconstriction and vasodilation were modelled by varying the transmural pressure. As a result, we can observe the changes in the blood pressure for each arterial generation.

Implementation of variable segments to model the arterial system using electromechanical analogy

Department of Electromagnetic and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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The article deals with the design of an electrical model of variable segments of a non-symmetrical tree of small arteries This model can be used to simulate...

Implementation of variable segments to model the arterial system using electromechanical analogy

Published Online: Jul 06, 2017

Page range: 220 - 223

Received: Mar 22, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jee-2017-0033

Keywords
arterial system, electromechanical analogy, modelling and simulations, small arteries, transmural pressure

© 2017 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Implementation of variable segments to model the arterial system using electromechanical analogy

Published Online: Jul 06, 2017

Page range: 220 - 223

Received: Mar 22, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jee-2017-0033

Keywordsarterial system, electromechanical analogy, modelling and simulations, small arteries, transmural pressure

© 2017 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
arterial system, electromechanical analogy, modelling and simulations, small arteries, transmural pressure